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How Scary Is AI? Let’s Ask Calvin Abbasi! | Higher Learning | The Ringer

How Scary Is AI? Let’s Ask Calvin Abbasi! | Higher Learning | The Ringer

Update: 2025-07-18
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Rachel and Van are joined by Calvin Abbasi, strategic advisor to the OpenAI Nonprofit Commission, to talk about perceptions of AI, the dangers of it, and real questions that need to be asked about this developing technology.




00:00 - Welcome!


02:11 - AI and Self-Preservation


07:40 - Is AI Dangerous?


09:10 - The Grok Situation


14:18 - The Architect Determines the AI


17:14 - Thoughts on Sam Altman


19:53 - DeepSeek’s Effect on the AI Industry




Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay


Guest: Calvin Abbasi


Producers: Donnie Beacham and Ashleigh Smith

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How Scary Is AI? Let’s Ask Calvin Abbasi! | Higher Learning | The Ringer

How Scary Is AI? Let’s Ask Calvin Abbasi! | Higher Learning | The Ringer

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